00 - No is used if this vehicle was not transporting hazardous materials. For cases involving a hit-and-run, the default is 00 - No when no details are known regarding the hit-and-run vehicle.
If you select 00 - No in this field make sure you select 97 - Not Applicable for PLACARD DISPLAYED and WAS HAZ MAT RELEASED FROM THIS VEHICLE’S CARGO fields. Enter 0000 for the HM 4-DIGIT # field. Enter 0 for the HM CLASS # field. See example below:
01 - Yes is used if this vehicle was transporting hazardous materials.
For the HAZARDOUS MATERIALS definition click here.